

Search News You Can Use - SEO Podcast with Marie Haynes
Marie Haynes
Search News You Can Use is Marie Haynes' Weekly Podcast where she provides useful advice on Google Algorithm updates, tips and information to help you improve your website. During the podcast she breaks down the most interesting and important changes that have happened in SEO and the world of search!
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Sep 18, 2019 • 34min
September Algorithm Updates, Google Changes Review Star Schema and More SEO News
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
Possible quality updates September 9 and September 13, 2019
The leased Subdomain update is likely live
Changes to review star schema to prevent “self serving” reviews being marked up
Bing’s stance on rel=sponsored and rel=ugc
Changes to page title length?
Should you now be nofollowing disavowed links?
Great disavow case study
Should you disavow spammy image stealing sites?
New lazy loading WP plugin
Tip for ranking well in a nearby city (well, sort of)
Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Sep 11, 2019 • 1h 5min
Live Video Podcast - Rel="ugc" & Rel="sponsored, MHC's 100th Episode and WAY more SEO news
In this episode Marie hosted a live version of the Podcast for our 100th episode:
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXna5NGvwuM

Sep 4, 2019 • 32min
Possible Link Related Algorithm Update, Analytics for AMP Stories, and More SEO Tips & Tricks
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
Aug 22-29 - possibly a big link related update
100th episode is coming soon - free paid version for everyone, contest and live podcast next week
Auto DNS verification with Google
Reminder - no index no longer supported in robots.txt
Analytics for AMP stories
How to check GSC to see if you have been moved to Mobile First Indexing
Google can still crawl with Googlebot for Desktop after being moved to MFI
When will the robots.txt tools be available in new GSC?
Update on Dejan SEO manual action
GSC not consolidating m. Data properly
GMB removing distance based service areas
Google displaying competitor ads on local business profiles
Import GMB listing directly into Bing Places
Url inspection bookmarklet
Marie's Interview with Barry Schwartz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHfAsLTxD4
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Aug 28, 2019 • 32min
Algorithm Changes, Coupon Sites, Manual Action Discussion & More SEO Tips
In this episode, Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
Algo update: Aug 19-21 - small tweak
Algo update affecting coupon sites
Can you remove a manual action by disavowing alone?
More from https://WixSEOLovers.com
Changes to GSC API
Test of Featured Snippet Anchors
Difference between Mobile First Indexing and Mobile Friendliness
Do affiliate links need to be nofollowed?
Can structured data manual actions be caused by invalid markup?
The Dejan SEO unnatural link penalty
It’s now easier to reply to reviews on GMB
Google Screened vs. Google Guaranteed
Submit a question for the next Q&A: https://Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
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Twitter: @Marie_Haynes - Twitter.com/Marie_Haynes

Aug 21, 2019 • 43min
Featured Snippets and Clickthrough Traffic, Algo Tweaks and More SEO Related News
In this episode, Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
Aug 12 and 18 algo tweaks
Leaked documents from Google give us some info on what’s going on with core updates
More on scientific consensus in search
What we’re doing to win the Wix SEO Competition (https://wixseolovers.com)
Changes to AMP share buttons
More indexing issues
Googlebot has caught up to Chrome 76
College information appearing in the SERPS
Detailed advice on when to nofollow a link
Do rankings go up when you win FAQ snippets?
New from Google: warning about ranking via subdomains
Should you be concerned about foreign language links pointing to your site?
More from Google on displaying author info on your site
Do pages marked in GSC as discovered not indexed hurt crawl budget?
Google Go is live
Tips for improving your about page
Q&A: How to display scientific references
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Aug 14, 2019 • 30min
Google Indexing Bug, Resolved...Again, Changes to Adult Content Rankings and More SEO News
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
MHC Contest announcement - win a free newsletter subscription
Why the Google de-indexing bug happened
Google News Indexing issues resolved
Google showing less porn
Infinite scroll on desktop?
Aleyda Solis AMA
Lazy Loading on Chrome 76
More from Google on E-A-T for medical sites
GSC monthly performance report
Google can add offline info to the knowledge graph
Q&A: Why does our url keep disappearing 24h after submitting to Google?
Q&A: Can you un-disavow a link?
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Aug 7, 2019 • 41min
Google’s Announcement on Core Algorithm Updates, Measuring Scientific Consensus and SEO Q&A
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
More on the June/July algorithm turbulence
https://Mariehaynes.com/algo
How could Google measure scientific consensus?
Info from Google on Core Updates
Marie’s take on the SEO Twitter drama that followed after Google linked to several SEO’s (including us!)
Evergreen rendering in Googlebot
Fresh Featured Snippets
Disavow case study
Q&A: How often should you file a disavow?
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Jul 31, 2019 • 22min
Disavowing Spammy Links, Wix SEO Contest and More Search News
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
July 2019 algorithm updates
Are online gaming sites YMYL?
MHC and the Wix SEO contest
View source on mobile
Are robots.txt files case sensitive?
Google sending notifications re noindex in robots.txt
Youtube descriptions can be featured snippets
Q&A: Disavowing Spammy or Negative SEO links
Request a quote in GMB
GMB attributes bug is fixed
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Jul 24, 2019 • 28min
July Algorithm Turbulence, Mozcon Talk and More SEO news
Marie discusses the latest news in the world of SEO, including:
July 2019 algorithm turbulence
Maverick?
Can you build up E-A-T with a pseudonym?
MHC’s theory on the connection between E-A-T and PageRank
When will mobile first indexing be done rolling out
Review Gating
Important news if you lost GMB reviews
GMB Q&A is now fixed
Q&A: Is a roundup post a good way to build E-A-T?
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Jul 10, 2019 • 42min
New info on Brand Authority, What to do with old content and More listener Q&A
Ask Marie a question for the next episode of the podcast: Mariehaynes.com/qa-with-mhc/
In this episode of the podcast, Marie discusses:
Jul 1-2 and July 8-9, 2019 algorithm turbulence
Did Overstock.com benefit from recent updates?
New info from Google on brand authority
Did Bing Discover get penalized by Google?
SEO Tip: What to do with old content
How to become part of Google’s knowledge graph
How important is domain age as a ranking factor
John Mueller on authorship and EAT
SEO Chat Forums are gone
What does it mean when your knowledge graph info is incorrect?
GMB bug: reviews going missing
GMB bug: suspensions happening. May be related to adding a short url.
GMB bug: photo view stats missing
Q&A: Can you see old messages when newly added to GSC?
Q&A: Do you need to disavow for a site that does not have a manual action?
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